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Rodriguez JM Universidad de Buenos Aires Facultad de Ciencias Sociales Carrera de Ciencias de la Comunicación Genealogía de Seinfeld Tesina de Licenciatura Diciembre de 2007 Tutor: Alejandro Kaufman Juan Manuel Rodriguez DNI: 27.711.681 [email protected] Juan Manuel Rodriguez Genealogía de Seinfeld Rodríguez, Juan Manuel Genealogía de Seinfeld. - 1a ed. - Buenos Aires : Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Sociales. Carrera de Ciencias de la Comunicación. , 2011. Internet. ISBN 978-950-29-1282-0 1. Programas Televisivos. 2. Medios de Comunicación. I. Título CDD 791.455 Fecha de catalogación: 15/06/2011 Esta obra se encuentra protegida por derechos de autor (Copyright) a nombre de Rodríguez, Juan Manuel (2011) y se distribuye bajo licencia Creative Commons atribución No Comercial / Sin Derivadas 2.5. Se autoriza su copia y distribución sin fines comerciales, sin modificaciones y citando fuentes. Para más información ver aquí: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ar/ Índice 1. Introducción ......................................................................................................6 Antecedentes de trabajos similares………….…...……………..………………….8 2. El programa y los personajes .......................................................................10 Breve Historia..................................................................................................10 Sobre los protagonistas...………………..........................................................12 Jerry……………………………………………...................................................13 2 Juan Manuel Rodriguez Genealogía de Seinfeld George…………….…………………...……………………….…….………………13 Kramer…………...………………....……….……………………….………...……14 Elaine…………….………………….…………………….………….………………14 Descripción de los principales escenarios………………...……...………….…15 Actitudes y comportamientos………………………….….…………………….…16 Una lectura posible…………………………………………………….…………...17 Otra lectura posible………………………………….…………………………..….18 3. Algunas puntualizaciones .............................................................................20 Un libro sobre el lenguaje de Seinfeld..............................................................21 El reconocimiento y los premios.......................................................................22 Datos sobre el fenómeno……………................................................................22 Pasaje por la televisión argentina.....................................................................23 4. El contexto histórico y económico ................................................................24 Crisis del Estado de bienestar..........................................................................24 El neoliberalismo..............................................................................................26 La globalización y la sociedad de la información.............................................26 5. Clima de época ...............................................................................................28 Un complemento vital….……………………………………………………………28 Momento crítico...............................................................................................28 Industria cultural y cultura de masas…….………………………………………..29 Entre la modernidad y la posmodernidad........................................................31 Una nueva etapa..............................................................................................33 La situación particular de Estados Unidos……………….……………….………33 6. Consideraciones sobre la televisión norteamericana ...............................35 Dos modelos………………………………………………………………….........35 3 Juan Manuel Rodriguez Genealogía de Seinfeld Estructura legal del modelo comercial............................................................37 Principales actores del escenario televisivo...................................................38 La NBC………………………………………………………................................39 La ABC……………..…………………………………………………………………40 La CBS……………..…………………………………………………………………41 La FOX……………..…………………………………………………………………42 7. La comedia de situación y la televisión .......................................................43 Sobre la sitcom …………………..……………………...…………………..………43 Comedia de acción, comedia doméstica y comedia dramática……………..…44 Panorama sobre la sitcom en la televisión estadounidense……….…...……...45 La década del setenta………………………………..……………………………..45 La década del ochenta……………………………………..…………………….…46 La década del noventa……………………………………..……………………….47 8. Arte pop y análisis socioculturales. .............................................................48 El origen...........................................................................................................48 El arte pop británico.........................................................................................49 El arte pop norteamericano..............................................................................49 El arte pop y la década del setenta……….……………………………………….50 La influencia del arte pop en Seinfeld ..............................................................51 Una producción discursiva muy peculiar……..................................................51 Jerry personaje……………...............................................................................52 Jerry comediante……....……………..…………………………………...…………53 El pensamiento de Seinfeld......…..…….………………………………………....53 Entre la experiencia autobiográfica y la ficción…………….…………………….54 9. La existencia cotidiana como una sucesión de adversidades ...................56 Surgimiento de un nuevo paradigma................................................................56 4 Juan Manuel Rodriguez Genealogía de Seinfeld Génesis del término..........................................................................................57 Tres casos paradigmáticos...............................................................................58 Married...with children .......................................................................................58 Roseanne ..........................................................................................................60 The Simpsons ....................................................................................................60 El efecto de los trash characters en Seinfeld ....................................................62 Personajes basura............................................................................................63 La máxima del ciclo...........................................................................................63 10. El humor de Seinfeld .......................................................................................65 La convergencia de factores............................................................................65 El humor judío y sus fundamentos...................................................................65 Nacimiento y desarrollo del humor judío..........................................................67 Aspectos temáticos del humor judío………………………………………………68 El humor judío en la industria cultural norteamericana.....................................70 El legado de Groucho Marx.............................................................................70 El genio de Woody Allen..................................................................................71 El encanto de Nueva York...............................................................................72 11. La comedia de pie ..........................................................................................74 Pilares de la stand-up comedy .........................................................................74 La estructura de Seinfeld .................................................................................76 12. A modo de conclusión ...................................................................................79 13. Bibliografía ……………....................................................................................80 14. Páginas Web visitadas ..................................................................................82 5 Juan Manuel Rodriguez Genealogía de Seinfeld 1 Introducción El jueves 14 de mayo de 1998 tuvo lugar la emisión del último capítulo de una de las comedias televisivas más exitosas y más vistas de todos los tiempos en Estados Unidos. Ese día se despidió para siempre Seinfeld (1989-1998). Para algunos, fue el show televisivo más inteligente que jamás existió. Para otros, en cambio, fue un programa sin contenido en donde no pasaba nada relevante. Más allá de la polémica, de modo innegable, el programa influyó en los hábitos sociales de los norteamericanos, sobre todo, de los habitantes de Nueva York. La noticia del final de la serie ocupó un lugar central en la agenda de los medios de comunicación más importantes del país. Cuando el final del programa se acercaba, salieron a la venta un sinfín de ediciones especiales de revistas dedicadas al show, incluyendo guías de capítulos, guiones de los mejores episodios, entrevistas a los personajes principales y coberturas de la grabación del último capítulo. Similar situación se vivió en los medios televisivos y radiales de mayor consumo. Cuando en diciembre de 1997 Jerry Seinfeld anunció que había llegado el momento de ponerle fin a su creación, los fanáticos de todo el mundo trataron de averiguar cómo iba a concluir la saga de los cuatro neuróticos amigos neoyorquinos. En decenas de sitios de Internet se siguió con notorio interés el desarrollo de la trama de
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